4:00–5:00 pm
Zoom
Join the Physical Sciences Division and listen to poets from Young Chicago Authors perform unique pieces reflecting their realities as Chicagoland community members and their perspectives on Black History Month.
12:00–1:00 pm
Zoom
D&I Dialogues is a program series for Chicago Booth alumni to come together and discuss various aspects of diversity in work and in life.
1:00–2:00 pm
Zoom
Diversity Dialogues are designed to bring together individuals from the University to learn about and act upon issues related to diversity and inclusion. This session, titled "COVID-19 Prevention and Vaccination Hesitancy in the United States," will feature John Schneider MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Social Work.
12:00–1:20 pm
Zoom
Many of us have interacted with biometric technologies through facial scanners and fingerprints, either on our phone or at the airport. This talk will discuss how these technologies build on older racial research practices.
12:00–1:00 pm
Zoom
Offered by UChicago Student Wellness, this is a semi-structured space for LGBTQ+ students to receive support from one another during the pandemic and when navigating family dynamics, community, and living arrangements.
9:00–10:00 am
Zoom
Sponsored by UChicago Student Wellness, this support space is for international students to stay connected during these uncertain times.
5:30–6:30 pm
Zoom
The Crown Family School's African American Alumni Committee seeks to highlight the impact that COVID-19 and protests of racial discrimination and police brutality have on the mental health of affected individuals, and to discuss and explore ways of coping and recovery.
4:00–5:00 pm
Zoom
Join the Mass Incarceration Working Group in welcoming Brittany Friedman and Heather Ann Thompson for a discussion of what history can teach us about contemporary struggles for human rights within prisons and efforts to decarcerate.
12:00–1:30 pm
Zoom
Join the Slavery and Visual Culture Working Group (SLAVICULT) for a virtual reading group session to discuss the role of African Americans as producers and viewers of art as well as in artistic resistance in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century United States.
6:00–7:00 pm
Online event
Join Arts + Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture in formally welcoming the 2021 Artists-in-Residence cohort.